Folding cribbage board



Feb. 15, 1938. A, H, C IDM RE 2,108,527

FOLDING CRI BBAGE BOARD Filed Aug. 24, 1936 0000. 0000. 0.000 0 YOOO 00000 c ooooo-ooooo 00000 A oooop'ookoo 00000 0 oooooooeoooooeo I 0 a 0 o o o 1l 0 000 0 00000 o 000 0 00000 00000 60000 0 000* oa ooo 0 one o oooooooooo ooooo 00000 0000 OOO'O \J uaoo 00000 00000 Luis flttorngy Patented Feb. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application August 24,

12 Claims.

conventional cribbage boards are not adapted for use by more than two scorers.

Cribbage boards include two sets of peg holes. Each set customarily consists of two rows of thirty holes with the holes grouped in fives. Other peg holes are provided to receive the pegs before the scoring is started and to receive pegs 20 indicating the games won by each player. It

will be appreciated that in order to permit the score to be pegged quickly and accurately, simplicity is desirable. It will also be appreciated that cribbage boards must be of small size so 0 that they may be readily stored.

As each player frequently scores, the use of three sets of peg holes disposed parallel is impossible illustrating another practical limitation in cribbage board construction.

Boards commercially available of which there is a wide range are customarily provided with peg holding recesses. Some special constructions may be noted such as the folding boards which consist of box sections hinged together to permit a deck of cards to be kept inside when the sections are folded and locked together.

The need of a board which may be used with other forms of cribbage, such as thethree handed variation has been recognized. The type of solution may be typically illustrated by a triangular board which included three sets of peg holes disposed at 60 angles to each other. This solution was unsatisfactory as such boards were difficult to store and were not attractive if the third set of peg holes was not needed.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a board of the folding type which includes folding auxiliary sections which are provided with a third set of peg holes, which structure permits me to provide a board that may be used with any form of cribbage and which is compact and of attractive appearance.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown an embodiment of my invention from a con- 5 sideration of which and the accompanying specifi- 1936, Serial No. 97,604

cation, the novel features and advantages of my invention will become apparent.

, In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view of my novel cribbage board folded.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention completely unfolded making available all scoring surfaces.

Fig. 3 is a side view of my novel board illustiiting its use as a conventional board, and

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of my invention when folded into a box as shown in Fig. 1.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a cribbage board on which three players may peg their score. My board may be folded to present two sets of peg holes and it may be further folded compactly into a'box to permit convenient storage.

My invention may best be described as a box in which the top or cover I and the bottom 2 are hinged as at 3 to the back or rear end 4. The front 5 is hinged at 6 to the bottom 2 and sides I are hinged as at 8 to the ends of the front 5.

I provide pins 9 near the unhinged ends of the sides I which are disposed to enter recesses III on 2 the rabbeted margin of the bottom 2. The margins of the top or cover I are similarly rabbeted. A hook II is carried by the cover I which is adapted to engage the catch I2 on the front 5.

The surfaces of the cover I, the bottom 2, the ends 4 and 5, and the sides I defining the interior of the box are preferably provided with a suitable lining indicated at I3. Along the front end of the cover I, the lining is cut back, or if no lining is used, the cover is rabbeted to receive a channel I4 so that it will not protrude beyond the plane defined by the adjacent surface of the cover I. A flanged container I5 for pegs I6 slides into the channel I4. As shown in Fig. 4, the container I5 occupies the forward part of the interior of this box while rearwardly thereof is a space indicated at II for a deck of cards.

Rows I8 of peg receiving holes are provided on the cover I and bottom 2 establishing two sets of such rows while the sides I are provided with rows I8 of peg holes together establishing one set of such rows for a third scorer.

In Fig. 2, I have shown my board completely unfolded. In this position, the two sets of rows I8 carried by the cover I and the bottom 2 are available for two players and the set of rows I8 carried by the sides I are available for pegging by a third player. In this position, the board rests on the lining I3 and the peg container l5 has been detached.

In Fig. 1, my board is shown folded into a box with the container 15 in place. If my board is to be used as a board having the usual scoring surface, the cover i is opened and as the back 4 is hinged to the bottom 2, the cover I and back 4 may be unfolded to lie in the same plane as the bottom 2. My board is inverted into the position shown in Fig. 3 in which position the Dog container 15 serves as a support for the cover i.

While any suitable hinges may be used, attention is directed to the desirability of so hinging the cover i and the bottom 2 to the back 4 that in the position shown in Fig. 3, the board will not sag.

In accordance with my invention, I am able to provide an attractive and compact folding cribbage board that may be unfolded to provide scoring surfaces required for any form of cribbage.

What I therefore claimand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cribbage board adapted to be folded into a box including a back, a .cover and a bottom hinged to said back, a front hinged to said bottom, and sides hinged to said front, said cover and s id back and said sides being provided with peg receiving holes so that when said box is unfolded a T-shaped cribbage board is provided.

2. A cribbage board adapted to be folded into a box including a back, a cover and a bottom hinged to said back, a front hinged to said bottom, and sides hinged to said front, said cover and said back being provided with peg receiving holes to provide two sets of scoring holes and said sides being provided with peg receiving holes to provide one set of scoring holes when said box is unfolded into a T-shaped board.

3. A box comprising a back, a cover and a bottom hinged to said back, a fiont hinged to said bottom, and sides hinged to said front, said cover and said bottom being provided with a plurality of holes disposed to establish two parallel sets of peg holes for cribbage scoring, and a support for said cover when said cover is opened and said box inverted, said support being detachably carried by the front of said cover to occupy the front of said box, said box being of a size to receive a pack of cards rearwardly of the space occupied by said support, said support constituting a peg container.

4. A box comprising a back, a cover and a bottom hinged to said back, a front hinged to said bottom, and sides hinged to said front, means to lock said sides to said bottom, said cover and said bottom being provided with a. plurality of holes disposed to establish two parallel sets of peg holes for cribbage scoring, and a support for said cover when said cover is opened and said box inverted, said support being detachably carried by the front of said cover to occupy the front of said box, said box being of a size to receive a pack of cards rearwardly of the space occupied by said support, said support constituting a peg container.

5. A box comprising a back, a cover and a bottom hinged to said back, a front hinged to said bottom and sides hinged to said front, means to lock said sides to said bottom, means to lock said cover to said front, said cover and said bottom being provided with a plurality of 'holes disposed to establish two parallel sets of peg holes for cribbage scoring, and a support for said cover when said cover is opened and said box inverted, said support being detachably carried by the front of said cover to occupy the front of said box, said box being of a size to receive a pack of cards rearwardly of the space occupied by said support, said support constituting a peg container.

6. A box comprising a back, a cover and a bottom hinged to said back, a front hinged to said bottom, and sides hinged to said front, means to lock said sides to said bottom, means to lock said cover to said front, said cover and said bottom being provided with a plurality of holes disposed to establish two parallel sets of peg holes for cribbage scoring, a support detachably carried by the front end of said cover to occupy the front of said box, said box being of a size to receive a pack of cards rearwardly of the space occupied by said support, said support constituting a container for said coverwhen said cover is open and said box inverted, and said sides being provided with a plurality of holes disposed to establish one set of holes for cribbage scoring when said support has been detached and said sides unfolded to establish a T-shaped cribbage board.

'7. A box comprising a back, a cover and a bottom hinged to said back, a front hinged to said bottom, and sides hinged to said front, said cover of said bottom being provided with a plurality of holes disposed to establish two sets of peg holes for cribbage scoring, said sides being provided with a plurality of holes disposed to establish one set of peg holes for cribbage scoring, and a support for said cover, means detachabl'y securing said support to said cover, said means being disposed on said cover to permit said cover, when said box is unfolded to establish a T-shaped cribbage board, to be supported by the adjacent cover surface.

8. A box comprising a back, a" cover, and a bottom hinged to said back, a front hinged to said bottom and sides hinged to said front, said cover and said bottom being provided with a plurality of holes disposed to establish two sets of peg holes for cribbage scoring, said sides being provided with a plurality of holes disposed to establish one set of peg holes for cribbage scoring, and a support for said cover, means detachably securing said support to said cover, said means being disposed on said cover to permit said cover, when said box is unfolded to establish a T-shaped cribbage board, to be supported by the adjacent cover surface, and said support constituting a container for pegs adapted to enter said box when said cover is closed.

9. A cribbage board including two scoring surfaces, each of said surfaces comprising a triplicate of sections, said sections of one of said surfaces being adapted to constitute an end and side walls of a box, said sections of said other surface being adapted to constitute the other end and the top and bottom of the box, means to hold sections of each surface together, and means to hold said sections together when said surfaces are disposed for scoring.

10. A cribbage board including two scoring surfaces, each of said surfaces comprising a triplicate of sections, said sections of one of said surfaces being adapted to constitute an end and side walls of a box, said sections of said other surface being adapted to constitute the other end and the top and bottom of the box, means to hold sections of each surface together. and means to hold said sections together in T-shaped position when said surfaces are disposed for scoring.

11. A cribbage board including two scoring surfaces, each of said surfaces comprising a triplicate of sections, said sections of one of said surfaces being adapted to constitute an end and side walls of a box. said sections of said other surface being adapted to constitute the other end and the top and bottom of the box, means to hold sections of each surface together, means to hold said sections together in T-shaped position when said surfaces are disposed for scoring, A

and means to detachably hold sections of each of said surfaces together whensaid sections are disposed to establish said box.

12. A cribbage board including two scoring surfaces disposable at right angles to each other. each of said surfaces comprising a plurality of sections, means to hold said sections of each surface together, means to hold said surfaces together when disposed for scoring, said sections of said surfaces being disposable as a box, and means detachably holding said surfaces when so disposed.

ARTHUR H. CUDMORE. 

